"This not tournament, this for real."
"We do not train to be merciful here, mercy is for the weak. Man face you he is enemy. Enemy deserve no mercy."
— Nariyoshi Miyagi to John Kreese
- Mr Miyagi's Ironic Echo of Kreese's words, before tweaking Kreese's nose and humiliating him in front of all his students.
- How it arrived at that point: Kreese had been berating Johnny for losing and put him in a potentially lethal chokehold for protesting, Miyagi demanded he let him go and then, when he threatened him, forced Kreese to let Johnny go. Kreese brings his fists up as Miyagi just stands there coolly. He throws a punch... And disabled his own left arm when Miyagi dodged and let him break a car's window, with the right punch ending the same way. That was when Kreese realized he was at the mercy of a man he had belittled and fiercely insulted, and Miyagi humiliated him.
- Leading up to the above, Johnny calling out Kreese on his cruel teaching methods. Even though his talking back leads to Kreese breaking his 2nd place trophy and putting him in a choke hold, it says a lot about Johnny for him to realize he and the Cobra Kai have been studying under a bully.
- Daniel breaking the sheets of ice in the second movie. Made all the more awesome when Mr. Miyagi comes in and it seems like he's going to bail Daniel out. He is told that the odds are 3 to 1 that Daniel can't do it... and promptly bets 600 dollars that he can.
- Credit to Chozen, who actually managed to hit Miyagi's back with the handle of his spear during their confrontation. He was able to do better than anyone else in the franchise aside from Terry Silvernote .
- Also from the second film, Daniel and Miyagi saving a few villagers, Sato and the bell girl when the typhoon hits.
- The little girl Daniel saves deserves credit for racing up the tower to ring the warning bell rather than running for cover. Without her, plenty of people (including Daniel and Kumiko) might have been caught off-guard and maybe even killed when the storm hit.
- The final showdown between Daniel and Chozen. As Miyagi puts it: "This not tournament, this is real!" Daniel could have gotten killed and he knew it. He still didn't back out.
- It's especially notable since Daniel's only been in training for less than a year, while Chozen presumably has been learning from Sato since he was a little kid. Still, Daniel is able to give him quite a good fight.
- While the mysterious "drum technique" that Miyagi talks about in the second film is nothing more than a roundhouse punch done repeatedly, there is that moment during the showdown between Daniel and Chozen when Miyagi plays the drum that that he says is the "secret" of the technique - and EVERYONE watching the fight joins in with their own drums. When the music builds as Daniel finally gets the idea - at the least, it's Narm Charm.
- Part of the "drum technique" is defense — redirecting an opponent's force past you, a great metaphor for Miyagi's view of karate and life. This relies on great timing, and when the technique is turned offensive, it's the timing that's important. Every time Chozen winds up to attack, Daniel's fist is right there, pummeling him before Chozen can strike. It's brutal, and shows why Miyagi calls it "last resort": use it only when need to brutally beat down your opponent, and Miyagi's whole ethos is "don't let things get that far in the first place."
- Daniel ending his fight with Chozen, hand held up to deliver the final blow.
